The HIV virus which causes AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) does not kill people directly. It destroys their immune systems, allowing a waiting disease that would otherwise be fought off by the body to kill them.
Three in the Head
I carried a gun in New York City for more than a decade — back when there were thousands of murders a year and the Bronx led the nation in killings. On at least four occasions, that gun saved my life, and in a couple of instances, the lives of people who were with me at the time.
Michigan Upholds the Right To Work, and the Unions Go For Blood, Real Blood
As union-ravaged Michigan moves bravely toward becoming a Right To Work state, one is treated to the union violence unleashed against any move toward allowing to people work outside the unions.
The West is signing its own death sentence
When the Edward Gibbon of the 22nd century comes to write his History of the Decline and Fall of the West, who will feature in his monumental study of the collapse of the most successful economic experiment in human history?
Obama Man vs. The Rest Of Us
Jeffrey Hillman is a man who shambles the streets of New York City looking quite unkempt, drab, and hopeless. He panhandles sometimes and mutters to himself. Frankly, he looks a wreck and apparently often in need of a pair of shoes. On cold winter nights he gets them.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Why study Winston Churchill? What makes him relevant in the 21st century?
A Nation of Greedy Children
“Conservatism, in my humble opinion, did not lose last night. It’s just very difficult to beat Santa Claus. It is practically impossible to beat Santa Claus. People are not going to vote against Santa Claus, especially if the alternative is being your own Santa Claus.”
The Third Debate:
Here a whopper, there a whopper!
“This has been probably the biggest whopper that’s been told during the course of this campaign,” Obama protested.